Vitamin D deficiency among non western immigrants: treatment with vitamin D supplementation or sunlight?

Completed

• Conditions: Vitamin D deficiency, Muscle weakness; Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine; Vitamin D deficiency

• Registration Number: ISRCTN58849315
• Lead Sponsor: VU University Medical Centre (Netherlands)

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2005-12-19
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 210

Inclusion Criteria

1. 25-OH Vitamin D <25 nmol/l
2. Age during study: 18-65 years
3. Non-western immigrants

Exclusion Criteria

1. No complaints or symptoms
2. No diseases which are interfering with measurement (e.g. psychoses, arthritis of the knee or hip)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Muscle strength and mobility (Takei TKK 5001, Hoggan MicroFEt, Chairtest). Measurement: baseline and after 3, 6 and 12 months<br>2. 25-OH Vitamin D, PTH: baseline and after 3, 6, 12 months<br>3. Phosphate, Alkaline phosphatase, Albumin, Creatinine, Glucose Hb, Ht: baseline and after 6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Sunlight exposure, diet, use of medicine intake, questionnaires: baseline and after 3, 6, 12 months.